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Cup and saucer
MARKS, Margret (Grete)
(Factory)
This cup and saucer is from a tea set designed in 1930. Haël's striking orange-red uranium glaze was one of Grete Marks's most distinctive achievements and was highly praised by critics at the 1929 Deutscher Werkbund exhibition in Breslau. This striking conical design has become a modernist icon, making a clear break with historical precedent and avoiding all surface decoration.
Image: © Estate of Margarete Marks. All Rights Reserved. DACS 2025/Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales
Collection Area
Art
Item Number
NMW A 39011
Creation/Production
1930 / 1932 ca
Role: Production
Role: Designer
Role: Production
Role: Factory
Period:
1930
Acquisition
Gift, 23/1/2008
Given by Dr Frances Marks
Measurements
Height
(cm): 5.6 cup
diam
(cm): 10.3
Width
(cm): 13 cup
diam
(cm): 13.8 saucer
Height
(cm): 1.6 saucer
Height
(in): 2 3/16 cup
diam
(in): 4 1/16 cup
Width
(in): 5 1/8 cup
diam
(in): 5 7/16 saucer
Height
(in): 5/8 saucer
Material
Earthenware
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